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RN, M.Sc. in Nursing, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Jlio de Mesquita Filho, Brazil, e-mail: pakesil@yahoo.com.br.
Nutritionist, Ph.D. in Nutrition, Assistant Faculty, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Jlio de Mesquita Filho, Brazil, e-mail:
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carvalha@fmb.unesp.br. Physician, Ph.D. in Nutrition, Researcher, Instituto de Sade da Secretaria de Estado da Sade de So Paulo, Brazil, e-mail:
soniav@isaude.sp.gov.br. 4RN, Ph.D. in Nursing, Assistant Faculty, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Jlio de Mesquita
Filho, Brazil, e-mail: vtonete@uol.com.br. 5RN, Ph.D. in Nursing, Adjunct Professor, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista Jlio
de Mesquita Filho, Brazil, e-mail: cparada@fmb.unesp.br.
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INTRODUCTION
Breastfeeding
954
inhabitants.
Botucatu has 16 primary care units, eight are
traditional Basic Care Units (BCU) and eight are Family
(2)
(8)
(6)
METHOD
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service (43.8%).
A little more than a third (34.8%) of the
regard
to
other
studied
variables
Duration/frequency of feedings
Exhausting breast before changing
Yes
79
88.7
No
29
32.6
No
46
51.7
No
53
59.6
Yes
81
91
Yes
72
80.9
Yes
47
52.8
Yes
50
56.2
Short feedings
Yes
48
53.9
No
55
61.8
No
17
19.1
Yes
67
75.3
No
43
48.3
Yes
29
32.6
Proper latch on
RESULTS
A brief characterization of the studied
subjects revealed that the majority were nurses
(61.8%), female (82%), between 25 and 35 years of
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Table 1 Continuation
Yes
87
92.3
Yes
78
87.6
No
83
95.5
Yes
83
93.3
Yes
88
98.9
No
89
100
Breast hygiene
Expected
an sw er
Correct
answ ers
N
Yes
74
83.1
76
85.4
No
64
71.9
69
77.5
No
69
77.5
Hospital Care
20
50
No
66
74.2
29
72.5
No
66
74.2
Never or rarely
21
52.5
No
73
82
No
52
58.4
48
98
Observing feedings
29
59.2
35
71.4
Basic care
No
79
88.8
No
85
95.5
Discontinuing breastfeeding
No
84
94.4
6 months
82
92.1
Breastfeeding
24 months
or more
74
83.1
to
In
regard
to
practices
related
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Table 3 Frequency of correct answers to questions related to breastfeeding knowledge of professionals who
care for infants according to the level of health care: hospital (n=40) and basic care (n=49). Botucatu, SP,
Brazil 2007
Score by level of care
Variables of know ledge
Hospital
Basic care
x2*/**
89.8
0.9969**
40.8
3.36
0.0666
61.2
3.97
0.0462***
30
61.2
0.13
0.7217
87.5
46
93.9
0.45
0.5003**
67.5
45
91.8
6.94
0.0084**/***
17
42.5
29
59.2
2.45
0.1171
24
60
26
53.1
0.43
0.5116
35
87.5
44
22.5
20
16
40
30
23
57.5
35
27
Duration/frequency of feedings
Short feedings
23
57.5
25
51
0.37
0.5418
23
57.5
32
65.3
0.57
0.4508
15
37.5
28
57.1
3.40
0.0650
30
75
37
75.5
0.9557
Proper latch on
22.5
16.3
0.54
0.4611
13
32.5
16
32.6
0.9877
39
97.5
48
97.9
0.33
0.5663**
32
80
46
93.9
2.74
0.0979**
37
92.5
49
100
1.85
0.1738**
37
92.5
46
93.9
0.03
0.8672**
39
97.5
49
100
0.03
0.9185**
40
100
49
100
31
77.5
43
87.7
1.65
0.1985
26
65
38
77.5
1.72
0.1900
33
82.5
36
73.5
1.03
0.3099
27
67.5
39
79.6
1.68
0.1948
18
45
34
69.4
5.39
0.0202***
Breast hygiene
32
80
30
61.2
3.67
0.0552
35
87.5
38
77.5
0.88
0.3480**
40
100
45
91.8
1.78
0.1819**
34
85
45
91.8
0.46
0.4974**
Discontinuing breastfeeding
37
92.5
47
95.9
0.05
0.8150**
EB
35
87.5
46
93.9
0.10
0.7524**
Breastfeeding
32
80
42
85.7
0.51
0.4737
Chi-square
**
Yates correction
***
statistically significant differences (p<0.05)
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Table 4 Frequency of correct answers related to breastfeeding practices of professionals who care for infants,
according to the level of care: hospital (n=40) and basic care (n=49). Botucatu, SP, Brazil 2007
Scores by level of care
Variables of practice
Hospital
N
Primary care
%
x2*/**
30
75
46
93.9
4.87
0.0273**/***
29
72.5
40
81.6
1.05
0.3045
20
50
29
72.5
21
52.5
48
97.9
Observing feedings
29
59.2
35
71.4
Chi-square
Yates correction
Statistically significant difference (p<0.05)
**
***
(1)
Level of care
Minimum
Maximum
Average
50
97.5
70.1 (10.6)
47.5
97.5
74 (11.4)
Hospital
Basic care
*
(10)
Scores
p*
0.0942
Students t-test
DISCUSSION
questionnaires
be
showed
city.
self-application
cannot
high
prevalence
(4)
of
predominant
Equally
important
is
the
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knowledge
(13)
(8)
majority of consultations.
babies
(11)
to
(12)
have
support
to
experience
successful
EB,
the
obtained
results
were
considered
evidenced
(1)
analysis
breastfeeding
significant
differences,
especially
revealed
practices
good
related
to
performance
of
promoted
for
all
professionals.
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From
this
Based
on
the
previously
discussed,
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